A 14-year-old Fall River boy will be prosecuted as an adult after allegedly robbing a McDonald’s at gunpoint and pistol-whipping the manager.
A Bristol County grand jury indicted Joshua Burgos, 14, under the state’s youthful offender law, which means that Burgos’ case will be handled with the same rules — and potential criminal sentences — as an adult’s case, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Burgos, who is currently in custody, is scheduled to appear Thursday, March 21, in Fall River Juvenile Court for a dangerousness hearing, where prosecutors will argue that he should be held without bail for 90 days because he poses an immediate danger to the community.

Burgos is charged with masked and armed robbery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, carrying an illegal firearm, carrying a loaded illegal firearm and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Burgos allegedly approached the restaurant’s manager, pistol whipped him in the face and ordered the manager to take him to the safe. The suspect then placed the money from the safe inside a black duffel bag and left the store on foot, according to police.

Fall River Police Officer Brian Nadeau and other responding officers stopped Burgos when they saw him running in the area. Burgos was found to be in possession of a duffle bag, which contained the loaded firearm, cash and clothing allegedly worn during the robbery, police said.

Second Assistant District Attorney Paul Machado, chief of the Bristol County District Attorney’s Juvenile Court Division, will be prosecuting Burgos’ case.